75 Death of the Phoenix

Ryusei stayed completely silent as he heard the Phoenix's words, he knew that the nearest town to this place was only one, the Bright Silver Town. If a Phoenix's rumour was spread around here then it would be impossible for the Phoenix to live till now.

Besides, he wanted to know who was that Man that has absorbed the Bloodline of the Legendary Phoenix. He knew that just with this Bloodline, that man has become one of the strongest persons on the continent.

He thought 'Let's think about it later on. I should focus on saving this girl right now otherwise this Phoenix looks like it's going to go to the nearest town and shower down its wrath of the humans living there.' He looked towards the Phoenix and asked it, "How should I save her?"

The Phoenix looked towards him and was surprised that he agreed so easily, it thought that he would want to have some sort of condition to help her daughter. The Phoenix looked down at her daughter and said, "I have used my own Life Essence for these years to extend her life. I want you to use that Azure Dragon's Aura along with my Phoenix Blood Essence and my Life Force and once again fill up her vitality."

Ryusei frowned up a bit and said, "If you used this much of your vitality, wouldn't you die? I mean used so much of your Blood Essence and your Life Force for this whole year. From your condition, I don't think you will be able to take it for much longer. Even as we speak, your aura is becoming weaker."

The Phoenix stayed silent as it heard his words and Ryusei used his Spirit Spy and closely observed the condition of the Phoenix. He wanted to know the reason for its decay of health and what he saw terrified him a bit. He saw a Dark Aura near the Phoenix's heart eating its energy from all its body.

The next he turned towards the seductive girl that was lying on the ground and shuddered as the amount of Dark Aura in her body was about 10 times the amount in the Phoenix's Body. He now understood that the Phoenix has gone this weak because it sacrificed so much of its energy for her daughter.

He gulped down a bit as he knew that if the Phoenix was at its full power then he would be killed by a flap of its wing, perhaps he would be able to resist for some time with the help of his Azure Dragon Spirit but as it was weak right now. It wouldn't have helped him too much.

The Phoenix started speaking in a helpless voice, "As you can see that the Dark Aura is eating away my vitality and my Energy, and it is eating away the vitality of my daughter even faster. I know that I cannot live for much longer so I am going to do this one last thing to let my daughter survive."

Ryusei nodded as he knew that this was perhaps the only chance that the Phoenix has in order to save her daughter, but he was still confused by one thing and asked the Phoenix, "I still have a doubt, why is it that you need my Azure Dragon's Aura to attempt this? Why can't you just do this yourself?"

The Phoenix looked towards his eyes and said in a calm voice, "The reason is because I am not sure if I can destroy that much Dark Aura from her body with just my Blood Essence and my Life Force that is why I need the Azure Dragon's Aura because it can annihilate this Aura."

Ryusei was about to ask another question that his eyes widened in shock as he realizes the whole matter, he started thinking 'So, this is why the Phoenix isn't asking me to destroy the Dark Aura in her body. It is because it can feel that the Dark Aura still has the consciousness of that man and if one of the Dark Aura that the man left in their bodies vanished then he will kill the other one.'

'This Phoenix perhaps knew about this and sealed the consciousness of that man and just let him know that the Dark Aura was still there but he could not use it to sense their location and come to kill them. So, this is why she didn't destroy the dark aura from her own body otherwise with her power she would have already done so.'

'Now, I am really curious about this man. Just who is he?'

Ryusei knew that it would be useless to say anything to the Phoenix at this point, he knew that the Phoenix had already prepared for its own death. The Phoenix looked towards him and said, "Let's start."

He nodded and before starting, he said, "If its anything, I will do everything possible to take revenge for you on that man. Just tell me what you know. Like what was his Spirit or anything with which I know it is him."

The Phoenix widened its eyes that this human was willing to take revenge on that man for itself, it knew that if he wanted, his Spirit, the Azure Dragon Spirit would indeed make him strong enough to destroy that man.

The Phoenix opened its mouth and said, "I am sure of one thing. That man has a Dark Nether Bird Spirit which should have evolved to that of the Dark Nether Phoenix due to my daughter's and mine Blood Essence. Be careful."

Ryusei's eyes widened as he heard the Phoenix's words, he knew that this was the Spirit of the Leader of the Nightfall organization. Ryusei closed his eyes and calmed himself down and smirked, "Looks like I can indeed help you in this revenge."

The Phoenix looked towards him and was about to ask something that the Dark Aura within that girl flared at that moment and both of them turned their attention to her. The Phoenix didn't need to tell Ryusei to what to do as he quickly used his Azure Dragon Aura and quickly sent in to her body.

This seemed to have controlled the situation and the Phoenix used its full power and Blood Essence and started pouring it inside the girl. Ryusei was using his Azure Dragon's Aura and clearing up her body of the Dark Aura while the Phoenix was using her aura and filling the Young girl's body with her own aura.

At some point the Azure Dragon's Aura contacted with the Phoenix's Blood Essence and its Life Force and it caused a huge change in her body. The Phoenix's Blood Essence evolved to that of a Red Coloured Blood Essence and started to fill her body.

This Blood Essence was the purest Bloodline of the Vermillion Bird, the strongest Phoenix even among the Phoenix. The Phoenix saw this change and smiled as she was happy that her daughter got the Vermillion Bird Bloodline due to the mutation by the Azure Dragon's Aura.

The Phoenix glanced towards Ryusei from the corner of her eyes with a thankful expression and said, "I am going to become a Spirit Ring for my daughter. As a reward for helping me, I shall leave behind my External Spirit Bone, Phoenix Wings for you."

"Even though, you will have your Dragon's Wings, there is one thing in which the Phoenix are the greatest and that is the Flying speed, the Flying speed of the Phoenix is unmatched in the entire world."

With that the Fire spread inside the whole place and the Phoenix started to glow in a Red Light. The Fire Essence inside the Phoenix continued to flow inside of her daughter and the illusionary image got weaker and weaker.

Before completely disappearing, it looked towards Ryusei once again and said in a pleading voice, "I am requesting you, not as a Phoenix but as a mother. Please take care of her."

Even though Ryusei was a cold-hearted person, he couldn't ignore such a request from a mother like this. He also remembered his mother and his grandmother from this life who also loved him like no tomorrow. He wasn't able to say anything to this request other than nod towards the Phoenix.

The illusionary image of the Phoenix smiled one last time before its body shattered and the entire Fire Aura started disappearing in the air. He turned around and saw the beautiful wings of the Phoenix lying on the ground.